Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Military Spouse Employment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2022
- Committee actionAug 3, 2022
- Passed SenateNov 30, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2022 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4337.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4337, Military Spouse Employment Act” on August 25, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 3, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58424
- CBO publication date
- August 25, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4337, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4337
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on October 18, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4337, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/4337
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 4337, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 independents
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Angus King (I-ME), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.